Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information about Reportable Segments

The following table presents information about Patterson’s reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	January 30, 2016			January 24, 2015			January 30, 2016			January 24, 2015
Net sales
Corporate	$	13,489		$	10,158		$	37,380		$	29,050
Dental	637,651			610,655			1,814,090			1,746,165
Animal Health	749,713			337,815			2,081,463			1,100,589
Consolidated net sales	$	1,400,853		$	958,628		$	3,932,933		$	2,875,804
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations
Corporate	$	(12,338	)	$	(12,535	)	$	(46,193	)	$	(38,698	)
Dental	82,108			78,048			223,454			214,024
Animal Health	25,959			11,864			64,108			40,187
Consolidated operating income from continuing operations	$	95,729		$	77,377		$	241,369		$	215,513

	January 30, 2016		April 25, 2015
Total assets
Corporate	$	526,452	$	539,863
Dental	935,347		1,022,257
Animal Health	2,093,871		631,445
Total assets, excluding assets held for sale	3,555,670		2,193,565
Assets held for sale	—		754,141
Total assets	$	3,555,670	$	2,947,706

Sales Information by Product

The following table presents sales information by product for all of Patterson’s reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 30, 2016		January 24, 2015		January 30, 2016		January 24, 2015
Net sales
Consumables (a)	$	1,059,838	$	638,541	$	3,042,634	$	2,020,345
Equipment and software	248,779		235,847		610,071		596,650
Other (a)	92,236		84,240		280,228		258,809
Consolidated net sales	$	1,400,853	$	958,628	$	3,932,933	$	2,875,804

^(a) Certain sales were reclassified from consumable to other in current and prior periods.